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647270

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mid-Cheshire Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has set a timetable for the electrification of the Mid-Cheshire railway line.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	55169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government intends next year to set out its priorities for investment in train services and infrastructure in the next Control Period from 2019. This will be informed by advice from the rail industry, Transport for the North and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every part of Britain benefits from our investment in the railways. Improvements in rail services can be delivered by new trains, electrification or other infrastructure improvements. The Government keeps under close review what options will ensure the maximum value to taxpayers, passengers and freight users.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/12/2016 15:49:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

643830

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the number of pubs that will benefit from the extension of rural rates relief.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	54675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2014, 4,690 businesses were in receipt of mandatory rural rate relief. The Department does not hold data on how many of these businesses are pubs, so it is not possible to estimate the number of pubs that will benefit from the extension of rural rate relief. As announced at Autumn Statement we are doubling the level of rural rate relief. Eligible pubs and petrol stations with a rateable value of £12,500 or below will benefit from 100% relief.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/12/2016 14:58:15 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

638659

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the difference in attainment for children under five between the North West and the national average.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Every child deserves the best possible start in life and support to fulfil their potential. A child’s experience in the early years has a major impact on their future outcomes and social mobility. On 20 October, the department published the early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) results for the 2015 to 2016 academic year, at national and local authority level. At a national level, 69.3% of children achieved a good level of development, which is an increase of 3 percentage points on 2015 (compared to 66.7% in the North West, which also represents an increase of 3 percentage points on the North West’s 2015 data). The latest EYFSP results are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>High quality early education is key to future outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children. That is why we are working hard to ensure parents and children - wherever they live in England - have access to high quality early years education places through the funded 15 hour entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds and the universal 15 hours entitlement for all three- and four-year-olds. At present, 84% of all two-year-olds (compared with 84% in the North West) and 86% of all three- and four-years-olds (compared to 88% in the North West) take up their entitlement in a good or outstanding setting.</p><p>From September 2017, working parents who meet the eligibility criteria will also have access to an additional 15 hours of funded early education. Our proposed early years funding formula includes an additional needs factor - to better target funding towards local authorities with a higher relative proportion of children with additional needs - and an area cost adjustment to reflect local operating costs. This will help to ensure that all children can access quality early education in their area.</p><p>The government is taking further steps to understand the regional attainment gap. In May 2016, the department commissioned a feasibility study to investigate the regional gap in early years at age 5, including recommendations to undertake a further study through longitudinal analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study (MSC) to assess variation in attainment and evaluate the potential drivers of a regional gap.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/11/2016 16:59:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

638734

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with local authorities to encourage coordination between local transport plans and High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>Working with the Department for Communities and Local Government, my Department has regular discussions with Local Authorities to support the development of their local growth strategies. These strategies set out their plans to catalyse the growth and regeneration benefits of HS2 in their area and can include details on how the benefits of HS2 will be aligned with the local transport plan ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 11:47:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

638735

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in (a) Cheshire and (b) the North West as a result of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>High Speed 2 Limited estimate that HS2 will support up to 100,000 jobs around HS2 stations. The western leg of Phase 2b is estimated to support 30,000 to 43,600 of these jobs. The government has not made an estimate of jobs created in Cheshire. Other organisations have produced their own estimates and ambitions for jobs supported by HS2. For example, the Northern Gateway Development Zone in Cheshire and Staffordshire have plans to help create 120,000 new jobs by 2040. They are currently preparing an HS2 Growth Strategy on how HS2 will contribute to supporting this number of new jobs in the area.</p><p> </p><p>High Speed 2 Limited also estimate that around 25,000 private sector employment opportunities are expected to be generated in the process of building the HS2 railway, with a further 3,000 jobs to operate it once finished.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 11:50:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

637828

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on requiring landlords to install carbon monoxide alarms in all private rented sector properties with gas appliances.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has taken steps to protect tenants in the private rented sector from death and injury arising from carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes.</p><p>Since October 2015, private rented sector landlords are required to have a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used as living accommodation where a solid fuel burning appliance is used, as these appliances have the highest risk of accidental poisoning. The landlord must make sure that these alarms are in working order at the start of each new tenancy.</p><p>In addition, the gas safety regulations require landlords to maintain gas systems in a safe condition and carry out annual gas safety checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 24/11/2016 16:43:09 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

637829

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect on pubs of a rise in the small business rate relief threshold.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>From 1 April 2017 we are permanently doubling the level of small business rate relief. Eligible properties with a rateable value of £12,000 and below will benefit from 100% relief. This means that 600,000 small businesses will pay no business rates at all. Eligible businesses with a property with a rateable value between £12,000 and £15,000 will be subject to tapered relief. From 1 April, around 17,000 pubs may be eligible for small business rate relief, depending on the rateable value of other property used by the business, with around 13,000 potentially eligible for 100% relief, compared to around 4,000 now.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 16:44:00 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

636995

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in beer duty on (a) the number of jobs and (b) the level of investment in the beer and pub industry.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations to understand industry developments, including the beer and pub industry.</p><p>This includes considering external reports like that of the British Beer and Pub Association, which estimated that by 2016/17 there will be 21,000 more jobs in the pub industry, than if the duty escalator had continued until 2015.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/11/2016 15:51:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

637011

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of devolution of the adult skills budget on reducing the skills shortage in the North of England.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	53016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government's strategy to better meet the needs of employers, learners and local areas is to establish a skills system that is responsive to local economic needs. For those combined authorities with signed devolution deals this means assuming responsibility for the Adult Education Budget (AEB) in 2018/19, enabling them to commission outcomes which deliver the skills needed locally. Devolution deals in the North of England all include full devolution of AEB from 2018/19, enabling areas of the North to tackle their local skills shortages.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 23/11/2016 15:11:51 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow